Door holder



April 1-, 1924;

E. J. FELLMAN DOOR HOLDER Filed Feb. 7 1919 WITNESSES: v v/ Patented Apr. 1, 1924.

UNITED STATESv EDWARD J'. FIEIIIJJZJHAN, 0F MILWAUKEE, "WISCONSIN.

noon HOLDER.

Application filed February 17, 1919. Serial No. 277,542.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. FELLMAN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,.clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention relates to door holders, particularly adapted for use in connection with swinging doors, such as garage or barn doors.

The principal object of the invention resides in the provision of a simple and economically constructed door holder adapted to be readily locked in its inoperative position, which when released, will adjust itself with relation to the door to hold it against movement.

A. more specific object of the invention is to provide a door holder comprising a looking arm pivotally and slidably connected to its attaching bracket whereby the same can be swung to its inoperative position and locked to the bracket.

With these and other objects in view, which will be apparent as the description proceeds, my invention resides in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and defined by the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the recise embodiment might be made by t ose skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

This invention in one ractical form in which it may be embodie is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in, which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a door showing the invention attached thereto.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail view of the invention, with parts broken away and in section.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view showing a modified form of the invention.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a swinging door to which is secured an attaching bracket 2 having a pair of ears 3 provided with recesses 4 in their upper edges. Mounted between the ears 3 upon a pivot 5 carried by the ears, is a swinging arm 6, slotted out at 6 to receive the pivot, and provided with a transverse pin 7 adapted to form lateral lugs to enter the recesses best shown in Figure l.

4 when the arm is swung to a substantially vertical position. The free end of the arm is provided with a curved gripping end 8 adapted to engage the ground to hold the door against movement in one direction, as The curved grip ping end 8 further acts as an operating handle to assist in releasing the arm from its vertical or inoperative position, shown by dotted lines in Figure 1.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that when the arm is in its inoperative or vertical position, the slot 6 will permit the same to be lifted until the lugs are able to clear the sides of the recesses a, where upon it will be free to swing into its opera= tive position. Should the distance between the door and the ground at any time vary, due to settling of either one, the efiiciency of the holder will be in no way affected, as the rounded end 8 will continue to grip, although the angle of the arm 6 might slightly vary.

It is to be noted from reference to Figures l and 2 that when the free end of the arm contacts with the door, when in elevated position, as shown in Figure 1, that the pin 7 does not occupy the lowest position of the recesses 4: but that it rides along and wedges against the tapered outer wall of the recesses, as shown in such figure, thus the weight of the arm forces the pin into intimate contact with these tapered faces and causes the arm to wedge and to be securely retained against rattling.

While 1 have shown a single holder attached to a door, with a stop A to limit its movement in one direction, it will be understood that holders might be attached to either side of the door, in which instance the door would be held against movement at any desired position. In Figure 3 a modified form of the invention is shown, wherein the recess 4 and the lugs 7 are eliminated and a nib or punched-out projection is formed in the base of the attaching plate to engage the arm 6 and hold the same in its substantially vertical position.

In both forms, while I have shown the pivot 5 secured to the ears 3 and the'end of the arm 6 slotted out to receive the pivot, it will be apparent that the pivot might be rigidly connected to the arm and the ears provided with slots to receive the same, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

It is to be noted that the curved gripping end 8 is formed so that its floor or ground engaging surface is on an arc of a relatively large radius. As a result a plurality of contact points is formed so that when it is in engagement with the ground or floor there will be a cam action or a rolling contact set up, and this will effectively hold the door without causing said gripping end 8 to mar or bite into the floor or ground.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, it will be seen that a simple and economically constructed door holder has been provided, which is efficient in operation and requires a minimum effort to throw in or out of opera- 7 tion.

I claim: r

1. The combination of a door, abracket secured thereto, a pair of cars outwardly directed from said bracket, a pin extending between and rigid with said ears, an arm having a slot therein, said slot receiving said pin, a second pin laterally extending from said arm, said ears having a pair of recesses in their upper ends adapted to receive said second pin when the free end of said arm is swung upwardly, and retain said arm in elevated position, the free end of said arm being curved and adapted to extend toward the door when said free end is in its lowered position and to contact with the floor to prevent movement of said door, the curved free end of said arms serving as a manipulating handle when said arm is in elevated position.

2. The combination of a door, a bracket secured thereto and having a pair of outwardly directed ears provided with aligned recesses extending downwardly from their upper edges and having tapered outer walls, an arm mounted between said cars, a pin and slot connection between said arm and, said ears, a second pin extending through said arm and projecting from opposite sides thereof and adapted to be received in said recesses when said arm is swung upwardly into inoperative position, said pin contacting with the tapered outer walls of said recesses when the free end of said arm contacts with said door to cause a wedging action, said arm being adapted to be lifted upwardly a slight distance and swung downwardly and having a curved portion at its free end adapted to extend towards the door when said free end is in its lowered po sition, and to contact with the floor to prevent movement of said door.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.

EDWARD J. FELLMAN. 

